February 2011
I have scrapped my planned comment for this month as it impossible not to note the incredible events happening in the Arab world.
Woven With Her Brush
Tunisian artist Zohra Ben Hamida is Arab and Berber by ancestry. In her paintings she references “the textures and colors that are memories of the domes of mosques that called attention to themselves five times a day, the blazing sun straddling the cool shades over the desert in Saudi Arabia, a country that shaped a good part of [her] young life.”
January 2011
Happy New Year! Looking back, 2010 was a year of expansion for the Gallery. We increased our virtual presence with an expanded web page, featuring virtual tours, and artist videos.
Al Nahda Association for Development and Growth (NADG)
The project will achieve many goals which will provide for poor families suffering from the blockade imposed on Gaza.
El-Nahda Association
A grant from The Jerusalem Fund allowed for the purchase and distribution of health kits which included four cans of baby formula, shampoo, baby powder, diapers, ointment for skin treatment and toys.
Donkey saddle projects
This October marks the ten-year anniversary of what Palestinians inside Israel refer to as “Black October.”
The Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation – Habilitation Preschool
The goal of this project was to provide strategies and assistance to families struggling to care for their special needs children and to impart knowledge to their community about children living with special needs.
Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America
What does it mean to be a Palestinian refugee from a camp in Lebanon like Nahr al-Bared, for example? Answers to this question can be found in the unique story told by Jamal Kanj in his recent and appropriately titled book Children of Catastrophe.
Ahali Rafah Charitable Association
This project focuses on helping affected people in Rafah area at the beginning of the winter season as most of the Palestinian families suffer from dire economical situation, frequent power outage and fuel shortage.
